New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-12

=. a., ,os+ ahIe of the i'm and contributed " Tar
,,oro ,bop any Of his brothers toward raising 1t to
.ho h,;I.nt nosition it has held for the last fifty
vearsr Sir POWELL Buxton tells the following
concerning Nathans early English career:
awe dined yesterday at Ham House. to meet the
Pothscbiids and very amusing II was. he thoVns-
child told us his lite and adventures. lie was the
third son OF q barker Mt Frankfort. There was
not he sad room for us all IN that city. ueat
iu English goods. One great trader came lnet te
who had the market all 10 himself; ne was q,,iuo
the great man and did MS favor r M sS to
show me MS pa terms. This was on lics4"N Vii
said to NV father VIII go to bnisahT; S iou''I
speak nothing but German. On ,aa no . cSeaner
started The nearer got to England tne cno,poI
the goods were As soon "a got TO Manchester
iaid out all nv money things were so cneap, anu
made 4 GOOD profit | soon found out there W.
ti'ree nrofts-the raw ma teTa, the dvel1r ana tne
/ manufacturing | said to the 1nanuf2ctuie,
will supply Won with matera, ana aye anu you
supny me manufactured good. 80 goI lhIco
pruts inse al OF and could sell 'ods chetper
/ than ANYBODY In a short time MADE my 1zooVo
/ INFO eco 600 Ny success all turned on one mtAn;
/ 7 cold / can do what another man can. ana 80
am a match for the man with the patterns ana TOT
| all he rest OF them"
| When Napoleon escaped from Elba the ehert np"n
! ruronean exchanges was disastrous. Fhe koths-
childs were so heavily involved that when the e'-
gan campaign opened Nathan could not sit ana
wait for news. but went to Brussels, and witnessed
the hattie of Waterloo from safe DoInt command
ing view Of both armies. When tho charge OF tho
French Imperial Guard failed, and darkness fell
upon the routed and flying eagles, Rothsch'ld gal
Ionped back to Brussels. throw himself lnto car
riage was whired to Ostcnd there procured
| boat by heavy payment. gained England, ana hur-
red M 10 London. He alone IN IN" United Nlhg-
dom knew what bad happened. and this Is what nc
did with hls secret:
The next day he was to be seen leaning
against his we'll kuown pillar on the 7toih
| exchange auparenfiv broken IN heaiih "u
sulrits, and looking if he had been oyer"hclnet
and crushed by como dIrefu CALAMITY. Ie arsd5os.
gloom and despoudencv had tor days preF@ioI III
! the CITY, aud as mel looked a Roth>chiid ana tl-n
significantly at each OTTER fh'y ,'e air had
heen H. as ed aud that the worst was N"b 10 DE
| known Had not Roihsch ID travelled ppS'-haste
rom he Continent, ana we're NOT nS oencr'
already selling outf TIE Stock hXchani.r' gene .
! alv 80 full nf life and noise, was unu'u'iiy se1t;
speculsiors moved about IN llStes@, alnie-s WV,
now and then stopping o hscn.s III low ""lSPo.,
The cauee Of The great fiuaRceTs sales. idc gloom
and desp0ndency was not lesser eu when q ruuo,
became current that Roth child hlI 20 4 "a II emu
m conf ence thar Rluchcr WIN ms H. w ~
SLAMS had been d-fea cd on the III II ana 'tn June
AT Iigay AID that Wellington conid MOI hope WIZ
! his han ful OF soldiers 10 arrest the progress Oh
! NaDneons yictCrlgu. aid far arg r iOTce% be
ovi news spread through the eIy Hfo "i'Ilire.
| The funds drn pped raoay, an me @iei'eS. dIol-
| sInees and despondep wevnle1. y rh" 70
was So yl0!enr and 80 sndccn. ~ fr'lhrH as II II
were nut YESTERDAY tlat rHfo1e ma o,'i 'N"IiI
over the N c,mhture Bu0lapar and he re- "a
~, =" re nnbI,r tn,olcnt the f,e a. had
hardly We, finished. and now i 10 wh'lc was ~ VAN
the -c0usge o Europe was loose a-d!A. Nhu "
the dav closed, wite NOT raw oi oore 10 "I'B
| the all-pCrvading gIo'Ci hu the mex a''ei '"'l'
| sudden Wild reaction set ~. u W. eNeIi Ni'lr
repnr. co. with sparkling eFe' ana No ightele' cp'i
| IN me +. checks thar Wellington was Vici"ri'uS'
! and tue French defeated. Natnan MAYER IA IA y
set. been he first Ia announce ne g'on CIV vi 81
un,ll.yui a.. delight AID - SiactlOn 10 ms itcll7
on thr stock Exchange When iae glad tclnla !, -
| ceivcd ofcia' conirmatlo1 m holr7 Ia"r ne
lIasI n Al ms
| a bound. Nam pticd iOjb scild or ne emo nous
losses hao, n chez tnouShi. rd ICY mo
SUSPECTED mat me ms H. ow ~ h"",,hf M
secretly every plec. 81 scrlp t"ef coud Sc ure
from lo,In he had ~ lis manipniat1ohs poc"o'eu
nearly a million sterling
With MI his wealth he vas not hlppy. for threat
ening letters poured IN uDon him constantly and
he was in continual fear Of ASSASSINATION.
So great 4 hold did his fear have over him at
for anS years before Ai> ettl he /, rep rte 20
have lept with loaded pirro at ms sids. lou
| mus b. . happy III ~" sad Sr /. F'|'il buN on,
! ~ he surveyed tho comforts and IuxurIes OF ms
| ID eaalJ mansion, IA sucl home az ms. ,
| Hip. Thaapyt wa- tla bntcr reply; " what .
IS SIsced in your hand SAYING: II YOU 40 not send
$500 viii blow your brains OUT Happy,
happy
One cay two tai, dark mon entered bis Office
bowed and began fnmblmg IN their pockets
Sized with the idea that they were come to XIII
him and were feeling for their weapons. koths-
child hurled a heavy le6ger az their heads AID
sbonted for help ~ the top 81 his voice 1t turner
ON, that the Suspected visitors were bankers who
IN the CONFUSION q. meeting 80 eminent hnancici
could no, a, frs End their letters of introduction
Nathan was much mortified wnen the eAp'ahA'ioi
was made.
Baron Lionel succeeded Nathan, and be too wa
| n great haancler a1d also gallant champion OF
he rights Of his race. He fought out the Iona
Parliamentary battle for the admission oil Jews %
the House of Commons. ana finally won the day
Both Lionel and his wife we're munIicently liberia
in Their charities and gifts TO all worthy causes
Lionel was a martyr to rheumatic govt for year
be ore deaf Il, and bad TO be carried everywhere
vet he PRESIDED over the firm with undlmnishec
yl9or and sound Judgment TO the day of his death
, He was succeeded by the present Lord Rothschl
Sir Nathaniel, who is another very strong buSi
Dess man.
We will conclude our extracts with story fo
. the truth of which Mr.. Reeves refuses to vouch
/, but which certainly had wide currency as 1t l
told. and has always been fathered upon Nathal
RotLschild:
! The story runs that the Bank mortally oficnde
Nathan MAYER BY refusing 20 discount a OIL Draw
upon him for a large amount by his brother Ahselh
s | OF Frank iort. The Bank had baughtlIy Tephe
f that they "discounted only their own DIS, au |,
. no. thos- of private persons" But they hnu
deal with one stronger even than the BanK
Private personsr exclaimed Rothschild, whel
I | the fact vas reported 20 HIM: private persons
| | will make these gentlemen fee what sort OF pr
= vate persons We are p Three weeks afterward
o Nathan Mayer, who had employed the interval II
crlIecting ali The bank notes he could procure j
- England and on the Continent presented hlTnsel
r at the Bank as soon az II was opened. ne dre7
q from his pocketbook e5 note and the clerk mai
- urally counted ont five soveregns at the same tim
y looking with great astonlshment at 10 hschil1
r. II seemed strange tnat he should trouble himsel
. for such trifie. He however. examined the coin
i carefully one by one, and put them in little can
n vas bag; then drawing ont another note, thrd,
r." fourth q tenth a hundredtb. he kept dcmandin
change for his notes, never placing the money J
r his bag without first scrupulously examining Ia
pieces In some cases he would Try them In TN ID
n the right to do" The first pocketbook bein
emptied and the first bag filed, he passed them
Q hls cierk and received a second supply Of note